On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Jim wrote:

> Gee - with a mass storage device you
> could potentialy do 'task swapping' out
> to disk and actually utilize the same
> PIC for 'user' tasks ... ('cept the
> PIC doesn't execute a pgm from RAM does
> it?)
>
> Memories are coming back of time spent on
> the TI 960 and 990 series of microcomputers
> with apps (on the 990) running under DX10
> (and later DNOS) where user tasks were
> regularly swapped 'out' to disk in order
> to utilize what memory there was for other
> tasks whose 'time' had come to execute ...

Well, yeah, that still happens on pretty much any multitasking OS,
especially those using virtual memory, no?  If not, I'm reclaiming all
those swap partitions!  8-)

Dale

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